Dionysius the Great (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας) was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 December 248 until his death on 22 March...
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Pope St. Dionysius (Greek: Διονύσιος) was the bishop of Rome from 22 July 259 CE to his death on 26 December 268. His task was to reorganise the Catholic...
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up Dionysius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The name Dionysius (/daɪəˈniːʒəs, -ˈnɪʒ-, -ˈnɪziəs, -ˈniːziəs/; Greek: Διονύσιος Dionysios, "of Dionysus";...
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The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father"...
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Pope Heraclas (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς) was the 13th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, reigning 232–248. Pope Heraclas of Alexandria was born to pagan...
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of Alexandria (232–248) in a letter written by his successor, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, to Philemon, a Roman presbyter: τοῦτον ἐγὼ τὸν κανόνα καὶ τὸν...
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (or Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite) was a Greek author, Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher of the late...
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Book of Nepos no longer exists and is considered lost. It is known only indirectly through Eusebius, who quoted a work by Pope Dionysius of Alexandria criticizing...
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(Greek: Θεόφιλος) was the 23rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Seat of Saint Mark. He became pope at a time of conflict between the newly dominant...
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record in history of the term "pope" is assigned to Pope Heraclas of Alexandria in a letter written by the bishop of Rome, Dionysius, to Philemon: τοῦτον...
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